| Date: | Saturday 1 September 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6 |
| Owner/operator: | Mexicana de Aviación |
| Registration: | XA-JOR |
| MSN: | 43211/167 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Texcoco -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
| Mexico City International Airport (MEX/MMMX) |
The DC-6 force landed in a drained lake while on approach to Mexico City. There was about 1 m of water in the lake because of recent heavy rainfall.
Sources:
Images:
photo (c) via Ricardo Salcedo Ramos; Lake Texcoco; September 1951
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